2-Minute Review

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Design

Solid build quality - the main USP of the phone is its ruggedness and the build quality lives up to that - it's the sort of device that you can expect to survive a lot of drops and wear and tear

Overall compact form factor makes it easy to hold

Surprisingly, for a low end device, the phone also supports face unlock, which works decently well

Aesthetics wise, though, the iPro doesn't score too well - it sports a pretty old-school design and is built out of plastic (which shouldn't come as any surprise in this price)

Display

The key USP of the phone of course, is it's shatter proof display - its built to survive multiple drops, and not give way

It's also a 18:9 tall display - again a surprise at this price point (though of course, there are noticeable thick borders above and below the display, which is understandable as demanding a bezel-less display would be a bit too much)

The display quality though is strictly average - and there's a lot of cost cutting that has happened here - it's small and low resolution - it's also a bit dull, with low sunlight legibility and with not-so-sharp images - the colour reproduction is a bit washed-out and viewing angles are not as great - the touch sensitivity is also a bit lower than normal, and also the display does not sport any oleophobic coating

Software

Runs on Google's Android Oreo (Go edition), which is optimised for low-powered hardware

The UI is almost stock

Performance

Strictly low end performance with the ultra-budget MediaTek MT6737 powering the phone and a measly 1GB of RAM - this is strictly a "very basic use" phone - navigating through the user interface is moderately zippy, but the smartphone slows down with even three apps running in the background — you will get stutters and lags while scrolling through heavy apps such as Facebook, and even when capturing photos or browsing through websites

Camera

Mediocre cameras, as you might expect at this price point - photographs from the rear camera turn out to be below average even during the daylight — there is a very slow shutter involved and photos often tend to blur out - the front camera too is average and can take usable pics only with ideal lighting conditions

Battery

Decent battery life, the 2000mAH battery pack lasts the day helped by the low-end hardware, and the small low-res screen

The battery is replaceable

More

For a very specific audience - people who really want a shatter proof screen - perhaps because of the nature of their work (say in the construction industry) - or perhaps for someone looking for a secondary robust phone as a backup - the iPro might make sense - everyone else might want to look at other choices

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